The Magician(Movie, 1898)

Name: The Magician
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1898
Duration: T00:1:00
Rating: 3.1

Original title: "Le Magicien" (French/FR)

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 21 votes)

The Magician (French: Le Magicien; Star Film Catalogue no. 153.) is a 1898 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès, featuring a wizard, a Pierrot and a sculptor in a rapid series of substitution splices. The film is, "another exercise in the art of the jump-cut," according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "in the tradition of Georges Méliès' earlier A Nightmare (Le Cauchemar, 1896) and The Haunted Castle (Le Château hanté, 1897)." ()

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About The Magician

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead of containing the magician a lively clown steps forth who further mystifies the audience by causing the box to disappear, and in its place is seen a fully laid table with a smoking dinner, to which the clown applies himself. The table, however, suddenly disappears much to the astonishment of the clown, who is confronted by the magician in the garb of Mephistopheles. This he suddenly changes to that of a sculptor, and in the background is seen a pedestal with the bust of a young lady, which comes to life as the sculptor applies the mallet and chisel.

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Production country: France

Made by: Star-Film

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/01/1898

Director: Georges Méliès

Producer: Georges Méliès

Screenwriter: Georges Méliès

Director of Photography: Georges Méliès

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Le magicien"

"A bűvész"

"Black Magic"

Keywords: magic

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Magician(Movie, 1898)

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